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Conjugation of the French verb ascendre

A list of the common conjugations for the French verb ascendre, along with their English translations.

ascendre is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
ascendre	to ascend

Present		Scored
j'ascends	I ascend
tu ascends	you ascend
il ascend	he ascends
elle ascend	she ascends
nous ascendons	we ascend
vous ascendez	you ascend
ils ascendent	they ascend
elles ascendent	they ascend

Imperfect		Scored
j'ascendais	I was ascending
tu ascendais	you were ascending
il ascendait	he was ascending
elle ascendait	she was ascending
nous ascendions	we were ascending
vous ascendiez	you were ascending
ils ascendaient	they were ascending
elles ascendaient	they were ascending

Past Historic / Passé Simple This is a literary tense, i.e. a tense used in writing, in everyday speech the Passé Composé is used to refer to past actions.		Scored
j'ascendis	I ascended
tu ascendis	you ascended
il ascendit	he ascended
elle ascendit	she ascended
nous ascendîmes	we ascended
vous ascendîtes	you ascended
ils ascendirent	they ascended
elles ascendirent	they ascended

Passé Composé		Scored
j'ai ascendu	I have ascended
tu as ascendu	you have ascended
il a ascendu	he has ascended
elle a ascendu	she has ascended
nous avons ascendu	we have ascended
vous avez ascendu	you have ascended
ils ont ascendu	they have ascended
elles ont ascendu	they have ascended

Pluperfect / Plus-que-parfait		Scored
j'avais ascendu	I had ascended
tu avais ascendu	you had ascended
il avait ascendu	he had ascended
elle avait ascendu	she had ascended
nous avions ascendu	we had ascended
vous aviez ascendu	you had ascended
ils avaient ascendu	they had ascended
elles avaient ascendu	they had ascended

Future		Scored
j'ascendrai	I will ascend
tu ascendras	you will ascend
il ascendra	he will ascend
elle ascendra	she will ascend
nous ascendrons	we will ascend
vous ascendrez	you will ascend
ils ascendront	they will ascend
elles ascendront	they will ascend

Future Perfect / Futur antérieur The French Future Perfect or Futur antérieur is made with the future tense of avoir or être and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take être, or with the direct object for verbs that take avoir.		Scored
j'aurai ascendu	I will have ascended
tu auras ascendu	you will have ascended
il aura ascendu	he will have ascended
elle aura ascendu	she will have ascended
nous aurons ascendu	we will have ascended
vous aurez ascendu	you will have ascended
ils auront ascendu	they will have ascended
elles auront ascendu	they will have ascended

Conditional		Scored
j'ascendrais	I would ascend
tu ascendrais	you would ascend
il ascendrait	he would ascend
elle ascendrait	she would ascend
nous ascendrions	we would ascend
vous ascendriez	you would ascend
ils ascendraient	they would ascend
elles ascendraient	they would ascend

Conditional Perfect / Conditionnel passé The French Conditional Perfect (the past conditional) or Conditionnel passé is made with the conditional tense of avoir or être and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take être, or with the direct object for verbs that take avoir.		Scored
j'aurais ascendu	I would have ascended
tu aurais ascendu	you would have ascended
il aurait ascendu	he would have ascended
elle aurait ascendu	she would have ascended
nous aurions ascendu	we would have ascended
vous auriez ascendu	you would have ascended
ils auraient ascendu	they would have ascended
elles auraient ascendu	they would have ascended

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'ascende	(... that) I ascend
(... que) tu ascendes	(... that) you ascend
(... que) il ascende	(... that) he ascends
(... que) elle ascende	(... that) she ascends
(... que) nous ascendions	(... that) we ascend
(... que) vous ascendiez	(... that) you ascend
(... que) ils ascendent	(... that) they ascend
(... que) elles ascendent	(... that) they ascend

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'ascendisse	(... that) I was ascending
(... que) tu ascendisses	(... that) you were ascending
(... que) il ascendît	(... that) he was ascending
(... que) elle ascendît	(... that) she was ascending
(... que) nous ascendissions	(... that) we were ascending
(... que) vous ascendissiez	(... that) you were ascending
(... que) ils ascendissent	(... that) they were ascending
(... que) elles ascendissent	(... that) they were ascending

Imperative		Scored
ascends	Ascend
ascendons	Let's ascend
ascendez	Ascend

Present Participle		Scored
ascendant	ascending

Past Participle		Scored
ascendu	ascended

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